people are so weird. at least my patients do not generally fake seizures ;). I did have a dog patient whose seizure disorder was hard to diagnose at first - his seizures involved very ataxic walking backwards across the room!

I want to know if you yawned your answer at her? Or jsut stood leaning against the wall, with your arms crossed, and a very pathetic round of hand clapping when she was done??? At least in your mind that is....

From this description I think she was having an orgasm (if her body muscles actually spasmed). You should have told her. Unconscious-subconscious fear made real through a feedback loop of fear of having an orgasm-seizure.It could be natural or from SSRI's or whatever drugs she was taking.LINK

An ambulance brought me a guy having a reasonably good-looking seizure in the ER. I ordered 2 mg of Ativan right as his very concerned-looking fiancee showed up, so I ask her "so, he has seizures?" and she very ernestly tells me "oh yes. He has pseudoseizures!"

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